Application of HACCP principles to control visitor health threats on dairy farms open to the general public.
An increasing number of Dutch dairy farmers have diversified their activities, often opening their farm up to visitors (tourist accommodation, farm shop, contact with livestock, etc). It is essential to prevent these visitors from having accidents or becoming ill, which could result in financial claims and might harm the reputation of the agricultural sector. This article describes how the hazard analysis critical control points concept and principles (HACCP) can be applied to these activities and integrated with on-farm operational herd health and production management programmes.
Barten
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CBS-Group, Division Quality Assurance and Veterinary Food Safety, University of Ghent, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Dept. of Obstetrics, Reproduction & Herd Health, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Noordhuizen
J P M
JP
Lipman
L J A
LJ
D000056:Accident Prevention; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D003612:Dairying / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management; D017751:Safety Management; D015047:Zoonoses